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Airport operator BAA has won a High Court ruling banning certain climate change protesters at Heathrow airport. Airport operator BAA has won a High Court ruling banning certain climate change protesters from Heathrow.
The High Court has granted the injunction, which BAA hopes will stop disruption between 14 and 21 August. The High Court granted the injunction which BAA hopes will stop disruption at the airport between 14 and 21 August.
Thousands of people are expected to join the camp and are promising "high impact direct action". Thousands are expected at the Camp for Climate Action, threatening "high impact direct action".
Three groups are included in the injunction which BAA says will ensure a peaceful protest, but critics argue is an infringement of civil liberties.Three groups are included in the injunction which BAA says will ensure a peaceful protest, but critics argue is an infringement of civil liberties.
Harassment law The order should not affect the peaceful and lawful activities of people taking part in the protest - but is aimed at those planning to disrupt the operations of the airport.
The High Court will rule on how wide-ranging the injunction should be. Protesters say they will camp out regardless. 'Damaging consequences'
The airport is applying for an injunction under the 1997 Protection from Harassment Act. Mrs Justice Swift ruled at the High Court that the only way to prevent potentially "serious and damaging" consequences of any unlawful direct action was to grant an injuction.
BAA's solicitor Tim Lawson-Cruttenden has told the High Court the firm wanted to ensure a peaceful protest. One group, Plane Stupid, was banned because of its history of taking "direct action" - there were fears it would try to blockade the airport.
Nicholas Blake QC, opposing the injunction, said harassment legislation was never designed as a way of policing demonstrations. The judge said there was a risk that "a terrorist group may use the disruption caused by the protesters to perpetrate a terrorist act".
London Mayor Ken Livingstone has condemned BAA's move as an infringement of civil liberties. BAA had denied that it was trying to prevent 5m people using the roads and public transport around Heathrow. It said the injunction, under the 1997 Protection from Harassment Act - was aimed at protesters acting unlawfully.
In a statement, it said it had the right to explore "every legal avenue" to protect its staff and passengers - 1.5m of whom are expected to pass through the airport during the week of the protest.
"It's our responsibility to make sure we do everything we can to guarantee their safety and comfort," a BAA spokesman said.
He added that, considering the current threat of terrorism, keeping the airport "safe and secure" was a "very serious business", and added that any action that would distract the police was "irresponsible".